Nuts as a Healthy Fat

Are you measuring your overall calorie intake using a food scale? Are nuts within your calorie goal? If you can answer yes to both of those questions, then eating two servings of nuts a day are A-OK.

If you're not measuring your calorie intake (especially using a food scale) and just guestimating, it's possible that you could eat more than you think you are, which would result in weight gain (or no weight loss).

The nuts themselves aren't the culprit--it's your overall calorie intake. They are calorie dense, so I find it hard to incorporate them regularly because they just don't make me feel full (and I tend to overeat them!), but if they make YOU feel full and you enjoy eating them, then that's what is important to you and your weight loss efforts.

If it fits into your calorie and nutrition goals for the day and you like it, then it's fine. If it doesn't fit into your calorie or nutrition goals for the day, then you might consider trying something else.

No single food causes weight gain. It's the choices we make and how they all fit together that matter. Eat the nuts. Don't eat the nuts. Whatever you want as long as your overall calories and nutrition are met.

marisaleib5086 wrote: »

Is it bad to eat a serving size of nuts twice a day? I like to add (walnuts/pistachios) to my plain yogurt and I also like to have an apple with some almonds in the afternoon as it keeps me fuller. Does anyone think it’s too much fat or could cause weight gain?

I eat at least one serving of nuts daily, and two most days. As long as I eat at my calorie goal, my weight does what I expect it to do, with or without the nuts.

Nuts are not magically good or magically evil, they're just food. Like any other food, they have calories and nutrients that you'll need to evaluate in your own personal context.

Eat to a sensible calorie goal to manage your weight. Get good nutrition for health. Nuts can be part of good nutrition.

marisaleib5086 wrote: »

Is it bad to eat a serving size of nuts twice a day? I like to add (walnuts/pistachios) to my plain yogurt and I also like to have an apple with some almonds in the afternoon as it keeps me fuller. Does anyone think it’s too much fat or could cause weight gain?

If you're concerned about weight gain, you might want to check the calories in two "servings" of nuts each day.

https://www.thekitchn.com/a-visual-guide-to-100-calories-of-nuts-snack-tips-from-the-kitchn-201778


When I started MFP, one of the things I did was to check how many calories worth of cashews I was eating. Turns out I was putting away 400-500 calories a day in cashews. I quit eating the cashews.

YMMV